v32_0606 - CONSTANTINE I THE GREAT Centenionalis ou nummus
MONNAIES 32 (2007)
Starting price : 145.00 €
Estimate : 200.00 €
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Starting price : 145.00 €
Estimate : 200.00 €
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Type : Centenionalis ou nummus
Date: 329
Mint name / Town : Roma
Metal : copper
Diameter : 18,5 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 2,74 g.
Rarity : R2
Officine: 1re
Coments on the condition:
Beau portrait. Patine marron
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : CONSTANTI-NVS MAX AVG.
Obverse description : Buste diadémé, drapé et cuirassé de Constantin Ier à droite, vu de trois quarts en avant (A’c) ; diadème lauré et gemmé.
Obverse translation : "Constantinus Maximus Augustus", (Constantin le Grand auguste).
Reverse
Reverse legend : D N CONSTANTINI MAX AVG/ VOT/ XXX// RFP.
Reverse description : Légende dans une couronne de laurier.
Reverse translation : “Domini Nostri Constantini Maximo Augusti/ Votis tricennalibus”, (À notre seigneur Constantin le grand auguste, vœux pour le trentième anniversaire de règne).
Commentary
Poids léger. Avec l’intégralité de son argenture superficielle. Rubans de type 3 aux extrémités bouletées. Les ptéryges ne sont pas visibles sous le paludamentum. Diadème composite formé d’une couronne de laurier ornée de cabochons gemmés.
Historical background
CONSTANTINE I THE GREAT
(07/25/306-05/22/337)
Augustus
Constantine was born in 274, son of Constance Chlore and Helena. He was named Caesar on the death of his father on July 25, 306 and was proclaimed august on December 25, 307. He married Fausta, the daughter of Maximien Hercule, who gave him five children, three of whom were augusts. The first twenty years of his reign are devoted to imposing himself as the main august against Maximian Hercules, Galerius, Maxentius, Maximin II and Licinius. He is recognized as the first Christian emperor, although baptized only on his deathbed on May 22, 337.
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